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From: bch@unc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Religious Intolerance
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Date: Tue, 16-Aug-83 22:49:45 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 16 22:49:45 1983
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Somehow, I find the point of view expressed by Tom Albrecht to differ
from those touted by Falwell, Swaggart, et. al. only in degree and not
in substance.  To say that there are one people, "chosen" by G-d on
the basis of their religion is as racist as if it were on the basis of
race, national boundary or preference in neckties -- or so I believe.

Is it not possible that *all* faiths were created by the Deity as dif-
fering means of knowing?  That the differences between them exist to
serve the differing needs of the people who would worship?  That the
greatest sin is the sin of Hubris, which declares that one faith is
"special," above all others in its relation to G-d?

The faith we choose, we choose for our own reasons, not for G-d's.
It would be well to remember that someone, somewhere, might take
a very dim view of our claims to be sole posessor's of The Truth.